Ruling-machine.



' No. 759,719. PATENTED MAY 10', 1904.

G. A. KEENE.

RULING MACHINE.

APPLiOATION FILED saw. 22. 1903. 110 MODEL. 4 SHEETS-$HEBT 1.

No. 759,719. PATEN'I'ED MAY 10, 1904. C. A. KEENE.

RULING MACHINE.

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PATENTED MAY 10', 1904.

C. A. KEENE. EULING MACHINE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. KEENE, OF SYRACUSE, NEWV YORK.

RULlNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 759,719, dated May 10, 1904.

Application filed $epten1bei 22, 1908. Serial No. 174,199. (No model.)

To ctZZ whoiit it natty concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES A. Knnuw, a citizen of the United States, residing at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rulingdvlachines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates tdpaper-ruling machines, and particularly to mechanism c06perating therewith for drying and stacking the ruled paper.

The invention contemplates the employment of simple mechanism for drying and stacking individual sheets or pieces of paper after passing through the class of machines set forth, said mechanism being of such structural arrangement as to render the same readily applicable to a ruling or other similar machine without affecting in the least the organization of the essential elements of the latter. This mechanism is provided with adjustable features to accommodate paper of different sizes, and cooperating therewith is novel means for curving or dishing the paper to render its discharge positive with relation to the drying and stacking mechanism.

The invention consists, primarily, in the use of a revoluble coil arranged at an angle adjacent to the delivery or discharge extremity of a ruling or other similar machine and having means cooperating with opposite portions thereof to prevent the paper fed into the coil from turning with the latter.

The invention further consists in the use of a revoluble coil having means adjacent thereto to engage opposite edges of the paper to prevent the latter from slipping out of place in the coil and also cause the same to be regularly and positively stacked.

The invention still further consists in the use of a revoluble coil having resisting means ar- 1 ranged adjacent to opposite portions thereof and at times wholly exterior of the coil, said;

means being adjustable to accommodate different sizes of paper fed to the coil and operview of the attachment and showing the sheet of paper carried thereby. Fig. 4: is a side elevation, partly broken away, of amodilied form of coil. Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5 5, Fig. 4:. Fig. 6 IS a plan view of a modihed form of attachment. Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7 7, Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is an elevation of the paper-guide plates and the mechanism connected thereto.

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference, 1 is the frame of the machine, from the front end of which extend standards 2, having lJl'iLCliGtS 3 at their upper ends, between which is arranged a roller 4. Standards 5 are also arranged on the bed of the frame at points adjacent the centers of the sides thereof, and these standards also serve to support a roller 6 therebetwecn. A serving-table 7 is arranged at the front end of the frame 1 adjacent the standards 2. Shafts 8 and 9 are journaled upon the frame 1 in vertical alinement with each other and adjacent the standards 2, and upon each of these shafts is a drum 10, and the pass formed between the two drums is of sui'licient width to permit the passage tlierethrougli of a belt 11 and a series of cords 12, together with a sheet of paper. cords 12 are mounted on the rollers 4 and 6 and extend under the upper drum l0 and under a roller 13, arranged between the lower ends of the standards 5. The belt 11 is mounted on the lower drum 10 and upon a drum 1%, arranged on a power-sliaftlli, which is journaled in the frame 1 at a point under the stand- The i rangement. That portion of the belt 11 located between the crown and the drum 10 is supported by a series of small rollers 19, which can be adjusted in any suitable manner, as by means of screws 20. A gate 21 of the usual construction is mounted above the belt and between the pens and the drums 10 and is employed for regulating the supply of paper to the pens 17. A cam-wheel 22 is mounted on a shaft 23, located under the crown 16, and has one or more cams 24 thereon, which is adapted to remove the pens from contact with the paper at desired intervals. Any suitable mechanism may be employed for producing this result. The cam-wheel 22 and its shaft are preferably rotated by means of a gear 25, which meshes with an intermediate gear 26, adj ustably connected to the. frame 1 and adapted to receive motion from a gear 27 connected to the shaft 15. A gear 28 is secured to the shaft 15, and drive-pulleys 29 are loosely mounted upon this shaft, but are adapted to be rigidly connected thereto by means of a clutch 3.0, operated in any suitable manner.

A sleeve 31 is loosely mounted on the shaft 15. and forms a bearing for shaft 32, to which is secured a gear 33, which meshes with the gear 28. A second gear 34 is feathered on the shaft 32 and meshes with a gear 35, secured to a horizontal shaft 36. This shaft is mounted in a, standard 37, arranged upon the frame 1 near its rear end, and the shaft 32 is revolubl-y mounted in a sleeve 38, swiveled or otherwise suitably connected to the center of the gear 35. The standard 37 is arranged upon a crossstrip 39, which is adjustably mounted on the frame 1 and isadapted to. be secured, by means of bolts 40, in any position to which it may be adjusted. This cross'strip is preferably arched, as shown, to extend over a coil 41, having its upperend bent inward to form'an arm 42, provided with a vertical extension 43, which is, in alinement with the longitudinal center of the coil. This coil is arranged at an angle to the discharge extremity of the machine and in the present instance is disposed vertically. The extension 43 is journaled within the center of the cross-strip 39 and is supported thereby, and secured to the extension is a gear 44, which meshes with a gear 45, secured to the sh aft 36. Base-plates 46, having longitudinally-extending slots 37 are secured to a platform 48, arranged upon the bottom of the frame 1, and these base-plates have parallel vertical guidestrips 49. integral therewith and adapted to be adjusted from or toward the sides of the coil. Guide-strips of this character are arranged adjacent to opposite portions and in rear of the exterior of the coil and are adapted to be adjusted from or toward each other so as to receive therebetween sheets of paper of different sizes.

J ournaled within the frame 1, between the drum 14 and the coil 41, is a vertically-adjustable roller 50, whichis adapted to be rotated by the stacking device.

means of a cord or belt 51, mounted upon said roller and the drum 14. Secured in the frame 1, between this roller and the drum,is a rod 52, having guide-plates 53 secured thereon and supported thereby. The front ends of these guide-plates are in horizontal alinement and contact with the upper face of the belt 11, and the rear ends of the plates are in position slightly in advance of the roller 50. The outer edges of these plates are curved and provided with curved flanges 54, preferably as shown in Fig. 8. Brackets 55 are fastened to the rod 52, and on each bracket is journaled a disk 56, which is adapted to bear upon the roller 50.

The paper to be ruled is removed from the serving-table 7 and inserted in the pass between the drums 10. It will be carried forward on the belt 11 and will beheld in position thereon by the cords 12. The gate 21 will prevent the sheets of paper from passingunder the pens 17 except at predetermined intervals, and after the sheets have passed thereunder and'been properly ruled they will be carried along the belt and between the drum 14 and roller 13 and thence onto the guide-plates 53. As the outer edges of these plates are curved and provided with flanges 54, it will be understood that the side edges of paper will be drawn together and cause the sheet to become concavo-convex 0r dished, as shown at 57 in Fig. 8. Thiscon figuration is produced in order to stiffen the paper sheet longitudinally and permit it to be fed straight forward upon the alining-coil of The roller 50 serves to support the dished sheet during the serving operation, and the flanges 54' not only are employed for stiffening the sheet, but also for directing it accurately between the guide-arms 49. The 'coil41 is rotated from the drive-shaft 15 by the gears 28 and 33, shaft 32, gears 34 and 35, shaft 36, and gears 44 and 45. The paper is held against rotation with the coil by the guide-arms 49, which serve as resistance means and engage opposite portions of the paper. It will be obvious that the sheets of paper will be carried downward successively by the coil, and when the same reach the lower mernb'erof the coil they will be deposited upon the platform 48. The operation of the coil is so timed that one revolution thereof will be produced every time a sheet of paper is fed thereto. Any desired number of spiral members may be employed in the structure of the coil, and as the paper is carried downward thereby the circulation of air produced will dry the ink thereon subsequent to the stacking operation. While the drying and stacking device herein described is preferably formed of one coil, it may, if desired, be constructed of two coils arranged concentric to each other, as illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5. It will be understood that the guide-arms 49 can be adjusted from or toward the coils to accommodate sheets of paper of different sizes, and, if desired, smaller or larger coils can be substituted for the ones employed in connection with the machine. The disks 56 serve to hold the paper firmly upon the guide-plates 53 during its passage thereover.

In F 6 and 7 I have shown a modified construction of drying and stacking apparatus which permits the use of different sizes of paper with one coil. By referring to the fig ures above mentioned it will be seen that the coil 58 is secured at its upper end to atoothed ring 59, having an annular flange 60, which is arranged within and is guided and supported by bearing-plates 61'. These bearingplates are fastened to a eross-strip 62, which serves to support a shaft 63, having a gear 64: thereon for engaging the gear 34 and a gear 65 for engaging the toothed ring 59. Brackets 66 are secured upon the cross-strip 62, and

adj ustably secured therein are parallel arms 67, wlnchare formed integral with parallel vertically-arranged guide-arms 68, which extend downward within the coils, as illustrated. A base-plate 69 is fastened to the platform 48 and has parallel guide-arms thereon, similar to the arms 49 hereinbefore described, and these arms, together with the parallel guide-arms 6-8, serve to prevent the rotation of sheets of paper fed therebetween and supported by the members of the coil. With this construction it will be seen that sheets of paper the width of which less than the diameter of the members of the coil can be held in the latter against rotation, and by loosening the arms 67 within their brackets and ad usting them therein the guide-arms 68 can be moved from or toward the guide-arms 70 to accommodate paper of different sizes. It will be secnthat the cross-strip 62 of this modified construction isadjustable from or toward the'roller 50, and the shaft 63 is supto employ a drying-belt suchas ordinarily:

used, and the machine is thus rendered extremely compact, and the minimum area of floor-space is required for accommodating it.

In the foregoing description I have shown the preferred form of my invention; but Ido not limit myself thereto, as I am aware that modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve the right'to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In a machine of the class set forth, the combination with feeding and ruling mechanism, of a vertical revoluble coil, and means adjacent to opposite portions of the coil for preventing rotation and lateral displacement of material fed by the coil.

means for directing material to the coil.

4. In a machine of the class set forth, the combination with feeding and ruling mechanism, of a vertical revoluble. coil, guide-arms adjacent to opposite portions thereof, and means for dishing and feeding material to the coil.

5. In a machine of the class set forth, the combination with feeding and ruling mechanism, of a vertical revoluble coil ad justably connected to said. mechanism, guide-arms adjacent to opposite portions of the coil, and means for dishing and feeding material *to the coil.

6. In a machine of the class set forth, the combination with feeding and ruling mechanism, of a vertical revoluble coil adjustably connected thereto, guide-arms adjacent to opposite portions and in rear of the coil, and means for feeding material to the coil between the arms.

7. In a machine of the class set forth, the combination with feeding and ruling mechanism of a vertical revoluble coil, adjustable guidefarms adjacent to opposite portions of the coil, and means for directing material to the coil between the guide-arms.

8. In a machine of the class set forth, the combination with feeding and ruling mechanism, of a vertical revoluble coil adjnstably connected thereto, parallel guide-arms adj ustably mounted adjacent the coil, and means for directing material to the coil between the arms.

9. In a machine of the class set forth, the combination with feeding and ruling mechanism, of a revoluble coil arranged in operative relation thereto, parallel guide-arms adjustably mounted adjacent to the coil, and means for directing material to the coil between the arms.

10. In a machine-of the class set forth, the combination with feeding and ruling mechanism, of a revoluble coil, and holding means adjacent to opposite portions of the coil for preventing sheets of paper fed to the coil from having loose movement between the members of the latter.

11. In a machine of the class set forth, the combination with feeding and ruling mechanism, of a vertical revoluble coil, mechanism for dishing material and directing it to the coil, and means for preventing rotation and lateral movement of the material in the coil. 12. In a machine of the class set forth, the combination with feeding and ruling mechanism, of a vertical revoluble coil, means for preventing the rotation and lateral movement of material within the coil, and stationary adjustable guide-plates interposed between the feeding mechanism and the coil.

13. Ina machine of the class set forth, the combination with feeding and ruling mechanism, of a revoluble coil, guide-arms arranged adjacent to opposite portions thereof, and stationary adjustable guide-plates interposed between the coil and the feeding mechanism.

14. In a machine of the class set forth, the combination with feeding and ruling mechanism, of a revoluble coil, guide-arms arranged adjacent to opposite sides of the coil and parallel therewith, and stationary adjustable guide-plates interposed between the coil and the feeding mechanism and having curved flanges.

15. In a machine of the class set forth, the combination with feeding and ruling mechanism, of a revoluble coil, means for transmitting motion thereto from the feeding mechanism, guide-arms adjustably mounted adjacent to opposite portions of, and parallel with, the coil, and stationary adjustable guide and dishing plates interposed between the coil and the feeding mechanism.

16. In a machine of the class set forth, the combination with feeding and ruling mechanism, of a platform, a revoluble coil supported by said platform, means for transmitting motion from the feeding mechanism to the coil, and guides adjustably mounted on the platform and arranged adjacent to opposite portions of, and parallel with, the coil.

17. In a machine of the class set forth, the combination with feeding and ruling mechanism, of a platform, a revoluble coil having its lower extremity held adjacent to said platform, and guide devices arranged adjacent to opposite portions of the coil.

18. In a machine of the class set forth, the combination with feeding and ruling mechanism, of a platform, a revoluble coil having one end held adjacent to said platform, means for transmitting rotary motion to the coil, plates adjustably mounted on the platform, and guide devices extending from the said plates and arranged near opposite portions of the coil.

19. In a machine of the class set forth, the combination with feeding and ruling mechanism, of a platform, a vertical revoluble coil supported by, and projecting above the platform and having its lower end in stacking relation to the latter, means for transmitting rotary motion to the coil, base-plates adjustably mounted on the platform, and guide-arms extending upwardly from the platform adjacent to opposite portions of the coil, the said guidearms being movable with respect to each other and the coil.

20. In a machine of the class set forth, the combination with feeding and ruling mechanism, of a revoluble coil, com'binedguide and dishing devices interposed between the coil and the feeding mechanism, a supporting rotatable element interposed betweenthe coil and said devices, and means for preventing loose movement and rotation of material fed to the coil while in the latter.

21. In a machine of the class set forth, the combination with feeding mechanism, of a revoluble coil disposed adjacent thereto, combined guiding and dishing devices interposed between the coil and the feeding mechanism, a

supporting-roller interposed between the coil and said devices, and means for preventing the rotation of material with the coilf 22. In a machine of the class set forth, the

combination with a frame having feeding, and

ruling mechanism thereon, and a platform, of a revoluble coil supported by the platform, guide-arms adj ustably held by the platform adjacent to the coil, guiding and dishing plates interposed between the coil and the feeding mechanism, and a supporting-roller adjacent to said plates.

23. In a machine of the class set forth, the combination with a frame having feeding and ruling mechanism and a platform, of a revoluble coil held by the platform and adjustable in relation to the frame, guide-arms arranged adjacent to the coil and attached to the platform, means for transmitting rotary motion from the feeding mechanism to the coil, guiding and dishing plates interposed between the said mechanism and the coil, and a supportingroller arranged near the plates.

24. In a machine of the class set forth, the combination with feeding and ruling mechanism and a platform, of a vertically-disposed revoluble coil adjustably mounted in relation to the frame and extending above the platform, guide-arms adjustably secured to the platform and arranged parallel with and adjacent the coil, means for rotating the coil,

guiding and dishing plates adjustably inter lposed between said mechanism and the coil,

and a supporting-roller adjacent the plates.

25. In a machine of the class set forth, the combination with feeding and ruling mechanism, of a drying and stacking attachment having a platform, a vertically-arranged revoluble series of coils supported above the platform, guide devices held by the platform and'disposed adjacent to,and parallel with, opposite portions of the coils and in rear of the latter,

and means for successively supplying material to the coils.

26. In a machine of the class set forth, the combination with feeding and ruling mechanism, of a drying and stacking attachment having a platform, a vertical revoluble coil supported above the platform, and means adjustably mounted on the platform adjacent to opposite portions of the coil for preventing rotation of the paper fed to the latter.

27. In a machine of the class set forth, the combination with ruling and feeding mechanism, of a drying and stacking attachment consisting of a platform, a revoluble vertical series of coils supported thereabove, base-plates adjustably secured on the platform, vertical guide-arms extending therefrom and parallel with the coils, said arms being arranged adjacent to opposite portions of the coils, and means for successively supplying material to the coils between the arms.

28. In a machine of the class set forth, the combination with feeding and ruling mechanism, of a platform, a vertical revoluble coil thereabove, a toothed ring secured to, and revoluble with, the coil, parallel guide-arms inclosed by the coil, and means for adjustably connecting said arms to the platform.

29. In a machine of the class set forth, the combination with feeding and ruling mechanism, of a vertical revoluble coil, guide-arms parallel thereto, guide-plates interposed between the coil and the feeding mechanism and having curved flanges, and friction-disks journaled above the plates.

30. In a machine of the class set forth, the combination with feeding and ruling mechanism, of a drying and stacking attachment consisting of a revoluble paper-carrying coil, means for conveying the paper to one end of the coil, and guide-arms adjacent to opposite portions and in rear of the coil for preventing lateral displacement or rotary motion of paper fed to the coil.

31. In a machine of the class set forth, the combination with feeding and ruling mechanism, of a revoluble coil, and means adjacent to opposite portions of the coil for preventing lateral displacement in opposite directions and rotation of the material fed to the coil.

32. In a machine of the class set forth, the combination with feeding and ruling mechanism, of a revoluble coil, and means adjustably disposed in relation to opposite portions of the coil for preventing the rotation and lateral displacement of the material fed to the coil and also permitting the latter to operate with material of different sizes.

33. In a machine of the class set forth, the combination with the feeding mechanism thereof, of a revoluble coil arranged adjacent to said feeding mechanism, and means disposed in operative relation to the coil to engage the opposite edges of the material fed to the coil.

34. In a machine of the class set forth, the combination with the feeding mechanism thereof arranged to discharge sheets of paper in horizontal position, of a revoluble coil disposed at an angle to the plane of movement of the said sheets of paper to cause the latter to pass between the members of the coil in a horizontal plane, and means cooperating with opposite portions of the coil to prevent the paper fed thereto from rotating or becoming laterally displaced.

35. In a machine of the class set forth, the combination with ruling and feeding mechanism, of a revoluble coil arranged to receive sheets from the feeding mechanism, and means arranged adjacent to, and exteriorly of, the coil to engage the edges of the sheets and prevent the latter from being thrown outwardly from the coil.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES A. KEENE.

Witnesses:

JonN L. FLETCHER, HERBERT D. Lawson. 

